A White Township teenager pointed a replica gun at another driver before speeding off during an apparent road-rage incident, police say.

Dominick Tucci, 19, faces charges of aggravated assault, possession of an imitation firearm and hindering apprehension after authorities linked him to the Oct. 28 incident in Clinton Township, police said today.

According to police, a man reported about 6:20 p.m. that he had been tailgated along Route 31 North in the township. The man said he tried to change lanes but the car continued to follow him, shining its high beams.

The driver told police he got out of his car near the Halstead Street intersection, and as he did, the other driver pointed a silver handgun at him, police say.

The man got back into his car, called 911 and followed the car to a residence on West Main Street, police say. Shortly after, the car continued into High Bridge.

Two days later, a High Bridge resident reported finding a silver handgun in the bushes along Cregar Road, police say.

Authorities later learned the weapon was a blank-firing reproduction gun. The gun, which looks real, is incapable of firing bullets but emits a flame, smoke and sounds of a gunshot, according to the manufacturer.

Tucci was arrested Monday at police headquarters following an investigation by police in High Bridge and Clinton Township as well as the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office. He was released pending an upcoming court appearance.